Danville City Council, Monday, March 17, 2025

By Hayden Douglas · Sunday, March 16th, 2025 at 10:40 am CDT

Agenda

Monday, March 17, 2025

Order of business, regular session

Danville City Council, Danville City Hall

NOTE:  The regular session may be conducted electronically

as allowed by Iowa Code 21.8

Citizen comments:  Comments must be directed to the subject under consideration.  The presiding officer shall rule on the relevance of the citizen comments.  Citizens making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks may be barred by the presiding officer from further comment before the Council during the meeting.

  1. Call to order, 5:00 p.m..
  1. Accept or amend the agenda.
  1. Open forum: A time set aside to receive comments from the public regarding city business.  The Mayor and City Council welcome comments from the public on any subject pertaining to City business, including items on this agenda.  You are asked to state your name and address for the record and to limit your remarks to five minutes in order that others may be given the opportunity to speak.  The Order of Business is at the discretion of the Chair.  No action will be taken.
  1. Action on February 2025 Sheriff’s Report
  1. Discussion on Updates Made to Resolution 2025-06 and 2025-07
  1. Action on Resolution 2025-11 Record Retention Disposal
  1. Action on Resolution 2025-12 Water Rates
  1. Presentation of proposed Ordinance Number 242, Building Permit Fees
  2. Action on the first reading of proposed Ordinance Number 242.
  3. Discussion and possible action on waving the second reading of proposed Ordinance Number 242.
  4. Action if needed on the third and final reading of proposed Ordinance Number 242.

 

  1. Discussion/Action on Danville Post Prom sponsorship.

 

  1. Fire Chief/Building Inspector report.
  2. Action on the verbal report as presented.
  3. Approval of Building Permits
  4. Public Works written report.
  5. Action on the written report.
  6. Resolution 2025-13 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program for HMGP local match
  7. Review of LL Pelling Co. Proposal

 

  1. Approval of consent agenda.
  2. Council minutes of March 3, 2025.
  3. Payment of bills.
  4. Financial report for January 2025.

13.Council correspondence and reports.

  1. Review of financial information from Tyler Technologies regarding city software
  2. Setting of date and time for the next Council meeting.
  3. Adjournment.
  1. Work Session following council meeting for City Business.

Weather Alert Information!

By Allison Jacobs · Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 7:56 am CDT

The Outdoor Warning Sirens sounded last night in Henry County because of the threat of over 70 mph winds.  The Henry County Sheriff’s Office reminds citizens that the outdoor sirens are for alerting people who are outdoors.  You should have other ways to keep yourself informed if you are indoors.   Sign up for Alert Iowa by texting HenryIA to 67293 to stay informed of impending severe weather.

Sports, March 15th

By Slaten Swords · Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 7:12 am CDT

High School Boys’ Postseason Basketball

The state championship contests for the four classes commenced yesterday as three of the four games were decided by two possessions or less and two teams repeated as champions.

In Class 4A, #3 Valley controlled the game early and never let go of the lead against #4 Waukee Northwest, winning 61-47. Jayden McGregory knocked down 26 points as the Tigers became just the second team in Class 4A history to three-peat. 

The #1-seed for Class 3A Clear Lake attempted another fourth quarter rally, outscoring #6 MOC-Floyd Valley 22 to 8, similar to their epic in the semifinals, but it was not meant to be as the Dutchmen held on to win 58-57. Blake Aalbers captured 15 points in the win.

In Class 2A, #1 Western Christian grabbed their second consecutive state championship after fending off #2 West Lyon in a low-scoring affair 46-42. Landon De Stigter scored 15 points in the win.

#1 Marquette Catholic was thwarted on the doorstep again as #2 Madrid yanked the Class 1A championship away from the Defenders in a 59-57 final. Toryn Severson put together another impressive game with 21 points for the Tigers. 

High School Track

The IATC Indoor Championships concluded yesterday with the girls’ teams competing, here’s some of the highlights for our local teams. 

In Class 1A, Danville dominated the 400-meter dash with two runners placing within the top five, including a gold-medal performance from Alaina Gourley as she raced to a time of 58.5 seconds. Delaney Newberry finished in 5th place. Gourley followed that up with another 1st place finish, this time in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes and 19 seconds. The relay teams put up successful runs as the 800-meter sprint medley team of Violette Sowell, Alivia Bauer, Macie Wagner, and Miya Orbiana took 5th place, the 4×100 meter squad of Newberry, Wagner, Bauer, and Sowell grabbed 8th place, and the 4×400 meter relay team of Orbiana, Newberry, Bauer, and Gourley captured 4th place.

For Class 3A, Mt. Pleasant had a couple top 10 finishers as Alex Scott grabbed 9th place in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.07 seconds. Jenna Schwartz took 9th in the high jump and Izzy Sloat leapt to a 7th place finish in the long jump with a distance of 15 feet and 10.75 inches. Staying in the field events, Ella Ensminger heaved the shot put 37 feet and 11.5 inches for the silver. 

Over in the relays, the team of Sloat, Kiyah Sanders, Kynlee White, and Scott also finished in 2nd place in the 4×100. The 800 meter sprint medley saw Ellie Freeman, Sanders, White, and Scott take 5th place, and the squad of Taylor Williamson, Jayden Yoder, Meadow Carter, and Linzy Streigel finished in 6th place in the shuttle hurdle relay. 

Fairfield will compete in the Hilltop Co-Ed Invitational on Monday, March 17th, at Cornell College.

Central College will host an indoor meet with the boys’ teams participating on Thursday, March 20th, and the girls’ competing on Friday, March 21st. 

High School Girls Basketball

The Iowa Girls Coaches Association will be putting on the Larry Niemeyer All-Star Game today and Lily Coil of Columbus will be playing for the Gray Team in Class 2A. 

Coil led the Wildcats with 15.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game and added 3.8 steals per game on defense as Columbus claimed their program’s first Southeast Iowa Super Conference North title after finishing the season with an 18-5 record. 

The Class 2A Gray team will play the Class 2A White team at 2:15 pm. 

IHSAA News

The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) and Iowa PBS have agreed upon a multi-year contract to produce and broadcast free championship events for football, wrestling, and basketball starting in the 2025-26 season.

The deal was brokered when the IHSAA and Iowa High School Sports Network (IHSSN) terminated their agreement to broadcast the boys’ state tournament events after the IHSSN announced their decision to charge viewers to stream the games. 

The event rights still belong to the IHSAA as Iowa PBS will continue their existing coverage for the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union along with producing special IHSAA programs highlighting stories of student-athletes, their sports, and communities. Iowa PBS will take over production responsibilities on November 20th, 2025. 

Southeastern Community College                                                     

The softball team will be hosting a spring break camp from March 17th through the 20th for grades 2-5 from 8 am to 10 am and grades 6-12 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at Fun City Turf at 614 S. Broadway Street. It is $120 per student or $100 for a sibling discount as the participants should bring their bats, gloves, and sliding gear.

There are limited spaces available and a registration form to fill out attached to this article. Instructions on where to mail the form are located on the registration.

Link: Softball Registration

College Basketball

The Iowa State men’s and women’s and Iowa women’s teams will have to wait until tomorrow, March 16th, to see if they will get a spot in the National Championship bracket. 

The Iowa men’s team will have a new head coach for the first time in 15 years after announcing their decision to part ways with Fran McCaffery. He will end his coaching career at Iowa with a program record 297 wins, including a record 143 Big Ten victories as the Hawkeyes finished as the Big Ten champion in 2022. 

March Madness

The KILJ Bracket Challenge is back for the 2025 March Madness men’s bracket with the same rules as last year. A printable bracket will be posted to KILJ’s Facebook page after Selection Sunday tomorrow, March 16th. The bracket must be filled out and turned in to sports@kilj.com or our station by the end of the day on March 19th. 

For a full list of rules and prizes, follow this link: KILJ Bracket Challenge

This Day in Sports History

1869 – With 10 salaried players, the Cincinnati Red Stockings become baseball’s first professional team.

1912 – Legendary pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with a 511-315 win-loss record.

1962 – Wilt Chamberlain is the first to score 4,000 points in an NBA season.

U.S. Drought Monitor Update

By Allison Jacobs · Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 7:04 am CDT

Drought conditions in Iowa showed some improvement from last week to this week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 79 percent of the state is abnormally dry. Last week nearly 73 percent of Iowa was in moderate drought.

Conditions are less severe than they were at this time a year ago when over 20 percent of Iowa was in extreme drought and 56.4 percent was in severe drought.

Currently, Henry, Jefferson, and Washington counties are not experiencing drought conditions.

Iowa’s 6th Case of Bird Flu Reported

By Allison Jacobs · Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 6:30 am CDT

A case of bird flu has been detected in a commercial flock in Buena Vista County.

This is Iowa’s sixth case of the bird flu detected amongst domestic birds this year.

Governor Kim Reynolds has declared a disaster proclamation for Buena Vista County, effective through April 13th.

This proclamation allows state resources from Iowa Homeland Security, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and other agencies to assist with tracking and monitoring, rapid detection, containment, disposal, and disinfection. The proclamation also waives regulatory provisions related to commercial vehicles responding to affected sites.

The recent HPAI detections in birds do not present an immediate public health concern, and it remains safe to eat poultry products. If producers suspect signs of HPAI in their flocks, they should contact their veterinarian

Friday – Field Fires/Storm Damage

By Allison Jacobs · Saturday, March 15th, 2025 at 6:29 am CDT

Multiple Southeast Iowa Fire Departments were dispatched yesterday for grass/field fires, the storm that blew through last night caused some trouble with downs power lines, tree, and sign damage.

According to police reports, the high winds from last night downed some wires, a sign and tree debris at Iris and Monroe Streets.  The Henry County Sheriff’s Office reports that there were power outages on Nature Center Road and downed power lines at Freedom Avenue at Oakland Mills Road and on Salem Road in Hillsboro.  The Winfield Police Department responded to reports of wind damage in the 2500 block of 130th Street and in the 600 block of W. Highway 78.

The Mt. Pleasant and New London Fire Departments were on scene for a field fire in the 2900 block of Lexington Avenue early Friday afternoon and Mt. Pleasant Fire was called to the 2100 block of 235th Street later on Friday afternoon for a field fire.  The New London Fire Department also dealt with a grass fire on 160th Street.  In Wayland, the Wayland Fire Department was out with a field fire in the 1700 block of 335th Street.  The Winfield Fire Department investigated a fire in the 300 block of N. Oak Street last night.

Mary Dianne Brokken Beghtol

By Allison Jacobs · Friday, March 14th, 2025 at 3:45 pm CDT

Mary Dianne Brokken Beghtol, 80, of Fairfield, Iowa was called home on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at the Jefferson County Health Center with her loving family by her side.  Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at the Cranston Family Funeral Home in Fairfield, IA with Pastor John Wilbur officiating. Burial will be in the Union Cemetery immediately following. A visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the Cranston Family Funeral Home in Fairfield with the family present to greet friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Memorial contributions in Dianne’s honor may be directed to the MegaVoice International or www.bibleleague.org. Friends may leave online condolences at www.cranstonfamilyfuneralhome.com

Leon Leroy “Leo” Wilson

By Allison Jacobs · Friday, March 14th, 2025 at 2:55 pm CDT

Leon Leroy “Leo” Wilson, 90, of Birkwood Village in Fort Madison, formally of Donnellson, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 10:57 a.m. at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison.

He was born January 12, 1935, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to Leonard and Evelyn Peterson Wilson. On June 13, 1954, he married Yvonne Klingler of Donnellson.

He started school in West Point, Iowa, at the public school in the park, and then another two years in Aransas and back to Donnellson for his remaining years working road construction with his father. He became a partner in the business with his brother and father in 1956, until he took ownership of the company in 1970 until his retirement in 1991. In 1976 he owned and operated the Wilson Stone Quarry in Donnellson.

He enjoyed fixing up old farm tractors and construction equipment, purchasing farms and cleaning them up for resale, as well as watching NASCAR races, Iowa Hawkeyes and western movies. He also loved hunting mushrooms.

Loe was a member of St. Pauls United Church of Christ Church in Donnellson. He was a fifty year plus member of the George Washington Masonic Lodge AF&AM #137. He was a Scottish Right 32nd degree Mason of the K.A.A.B.A. Shriners Temple.

Leon was a man of his word and handshake just like his father.

Survivors include his wife: Yvonne of seventy years and nine months marriage; two sons: Fred (friend Donna) Wilson of Fort Madison, Jeff (Sallie Pikrone) Wilson of Donnellson; brother: Carroll (Vi) Wilson of Fort Madison; sister: Barbara (Wilson) Frow of Amarillo, Texas; four grandchildren: Michael Wilson of Argyle, Iowa, Joshua Wilson of Athens, Alabama, Kyle (Amy) Pikrone of Dover, Tennessee and Kaylie (Sammie) Alibasic of Chicago, Illinois. Also surviving are his sister-in-law: Janet (Klingler) Hodge and brother-in-law: Robert Klingler and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Leon was preceded in death by his parents; son: Douglas Alan Wilson and brothers-in-law: Bill Frow and Fred Hodge.

Per Leon’s wishes, cremation has been entrusted to the crematory of Schmitz Funeral Home in Donnellson, with no formal services or visitations at this time.

A private family burial will be held at a later date at Evangelical Cemetery near Donnellson.

Memorials have been established in his memory for the Shriners Childrens Hospital and can be mailed to Schmitz Funeral Home in Donnellson at P.O. Box 56 Donnellson, Iowa 52625.

Schmitz Funeral Home of Donnellson is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.schmitzfuneralhomes.com